Iceland: taking a PCT application to grant costs an estimated US$3,087, plus about US$8,004 in renewal fees over the patent's life. The PCT national phase for Iceland must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Iceland; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Most patent protection in Iceland is obtained through the European Patent Office: a European patent validated in Iceland. The figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Iceland's own patent office, so they understate its market. See Europe (EPO, 39 states).
Goods where Iceland is among the world's 3 largest exporters, has at least 15% of world exports, or that make up at least 25% of its own exports - of at least US$500m a year.
Our estimate is about US$3,087 to take a PCT application to grant in Iceland. That is about US$1,500 in official fees and US$1,587 in attorney fees. By stage: filing US$1,000, search US$300, examination request US$740, office action response US$420 and grant / issuance / publication US$628 (one office action response included). Renewal fees over the patent's life add an estimated US$8,004. These are estimates only, for a standard application (10 claims, 30 pages, a company applicant): the actual cost depends on the law firm and the application. Request a quote from a law firm on this site for an exact price.
The PCT national phase for Iceland must be entered within 31 months of the earliest priority date. A European patent, granted by the European Patent Office, can also be validated in Iceland; most patent protection there is obtained this way.
Iceland's GDP is US$38.6bn, of which services US$25.6bn, industry US$7.7bn (of which manufacturing US$3.3bn) and agriculture US$1.4bn. Spending a year: households US$19.1bn and health care US$3.0bn. Iceland's exports of goods came to US$7.9bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were aluminium (US$2.5bn, 32% of its exports, #9 in the world), fish fillets (US$1.2bn, 15% of its exports, #6 in the world), fresh fish (US$490m, 6% of its exports, #12 in the world), orthopaedic and hearing aids (US$473m, 6% of its exports, #22 in the world), fish (US$367m, 5% of its exports, #20 in the world), vaccines, blood products and biologics (US$277m, 4% of its exports, #29 in the world), aluminium wire (US$248m, 3% of its exports, #6 in the world), fish meal and meat meal (US$238m, 3% of its exports, #12 in the world), fats and oils and their fractions of fish or marine mammals (US$227m, 3% of its exports, #7 in the world) and ferro-alloys (US$190m, 2% of its exports, #30 in the world). Where products are made, a patent there can stop infringing copies being made, not only being sold.
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